Interior designers

Detailed Occupation

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2023 Workforce
93.3k
Average Age
43.5
Estimated Job Growth
4.01%
10-year projection
Average Salary
$69,057
Average Male Salary
$77,336
Average Female Salary
$67,475

About

Interior designers are most often employed by the Specialized design services industry. The average yearly wage for Interior designers was $69,057 in N/A.

The locations that employ the most Interior designers are Washington & Ozaukee Counties PUMA, WI, NYC-Manhattan Community Districts 1 & 2--Financial District & Greenwich Village PUMA, NY, and Dallas City (Downtown)--North of I-30 PUMA, TX. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Interior designers are N/A.

Employment

Employment and salary information for the Interior designers workforce. Interior designers workforce in 2023 was 93,333 people, of which 84% were women and 16% were men. Interior designers are paid most in Nassau County (Northwest)--North Hempstead Town (North) PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in N/A.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
14,975
Male Workforce
± 3k
78,358
Female Workforce
± 6.87k

The Interior designers workforce in 2023 was 93,333 people (84% women and 16% men). This implies an average annual growth of 21.4% between 2018 (76,907) and 2023 (93,333).

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Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Interior designers.

During 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Vermont ($138,954), Hawaii ($107,139), and New York ($105,035).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$69,057
AVERAGE WAGE
#194 in the ranking (2023)
$67,727
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Interior designers earned an average of $69,057, $1,330 more than the average national salary of $67,727

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.394
WAGE GINI

In 2023, Interior designers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.394, which is lower than the national average of N/A. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Interior designers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Interior designers and on wages for those in the field. Specialized design services is the industry that employs the most Interior designers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Interior designers, by average wage, is N/A (N/A).

Occupations by Industries

Metric
Value
93.3k
2023 Workforce
± 7,498
3.48%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 11.1%

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Diversity

Demographic information on Interior designers in the US. The workforce of Interior designers in 2023 was 93,333 people, with 84% woman, and 16% men. The average age of male Interior designers in the workforce is 47.4 and of female Interior designers is 42.8, and the most common race/ethnicity for Interior designers is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Interior designers in 2023 was 93,333 people, with 84% woman, and 16% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were N/A years (N/A people), N/A years (N/A  people), and N/A years (N/A people). Among them they concentrated N/A% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In N/A, N/A% of Interior designers workers were Hispanic and N/A% non-Hispanic.

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Races

In N/A, 81.1% of the Interior designers workforce were White, of which N/A% were women and N/A% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (7.58%) and Asian (4.92%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Interior designers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Interior designers is Visual & Performing Arts but the most specialized major according to RCA in N/A were N/A.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
Type of Majors
Degree

The most common majors achieved by Interior designers in 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Visual & Performing Arts (34,853 people), Business (7,047 people), and Architecture and Related Services (5,518 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Interior designers workers were Bachelors Degree (55,634 people), Graduate Degree (10,685 people), and Some college (10,345 people).

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Projections

Projections on job growth for Interior Designers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 10-year national workforce is projected to grow 4.02%, but Interior Designers are expected to see a growth of 4.01% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow less than the national average.

Job Growth

4.01%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
4.02%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Interior designers. This profession is expected to grow less than than 4.02%, the average rate of national job growth.

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